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Died in jail or a lockup

Name not reported

died September 21, 1885 · Idaho

One of five Chinese men held in a jail in Idaho, he was taken out at night in September 1885 by citizens who came to the jail. The crowd hanged the five men from trees. He died while in the custody of that jail, and his name is not recorded.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

Reported by: news reports.

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